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Originally Posted by MsDemeanor

ALL churches should have their tax exempt status revoked.

I so agree with you here! Makes me nuts! How this exemption could be viewed as constitutional is so far beyond me. The billions that is not collected from churches (and church organizations) would probably cut the federal deficit in half in just one year! Plus, there would be no need for tax increases across the board to fund so many social programs.

Did you know (I didn't until recently), that we pay for a Congressional Pastor? He has a nice big office and does prayers at the start of congressional sessions, etc. SEPARATION of Church & State???

I am a person of faith (more of a spiritual, non-western nature, but have a personal need for faith in my life), but even as a prior member of an organized religion, I could not support this tax exemption. And when Bush put together the faith-based committe that was located in and operated out of the White House, I went crazy! However, it still remains right there next to Obama.

Have to say after seeing much of Sarah Palin's Teabagger speech (at their weird convention) on Saturday on CNN, my rancor for the tax exemption for churches grew! Yikes, those people are crazy! They kepy yelling - Run, Sarah, Run!